The “attack” on drug cartels here ♦ Capitalists fight over wealth workers produce here ♦
Letter: What is behind the “attack” on drug cartels in Mexico?
In capitalism, drugs are one of the most lucrative “illegal” businesses. Drug cartels in Mexico and the rest of the world are a structural part of capitalism. They are the armed wing of a US business group that controls the production, trafficking, and consumption of natural and synthetic drugs. They have illegally and by force seized control of mines, food production, markets, labor, and natural resources (water, land, forests, timber, soil, etc.).
They have established a state of terror among the working class through disappearances, murders, abductions, and kidnappings. Drug cartels in Mexico represent a geopolitical and economic interest that is in dispute with other US business factions and the Chinese business presence. Trump and the business group he represents need to directly control the drug cartel system in Mexico in order to wage the imperialist war they are waging.
But what is the role of the working class in this situation?
In communism, there will be no production or consumption of drugs. Our main concern will be for everyone to have their needs met: food, housing, health, security, education, and leisure. Each person will contribute according to their abilities and receive according to their needs.
We, the workers of the world, must not take sides with any set of bosses. In these times of crisis, they promote nationalism and induce the working class to take sides. Are you with Claudia Sheinbaum or are you with Donald Trump? Neither of them represents our working-class interests. Rather, each capitalist faction looks out for its own interests.
The bosses try to make us believe that our salvation is in their hands. Only they, their laws, and their institutions can save us from capitalist terror. But the working class is awakening. In these times of crisis, we must show our class siblings the true face of capitalism. It is impossible to reform it into a more humane form of capitalism. Reforms will not eradicate it. Only communism will.
Only through worldwide organization, without borders, nations, races, social classes, and through revolution, can the working class destroy this capitalist world and all its evils, root and branch, forever.
For that reason, we urge all our class siblings to discuss these communist ideas, to write and distribute Red Flag, and to organize ourselves in our homes, neighborhoods, schools, factories, churches, and the military. Let us organize study and action collectives around the International Communist Workers’ Party. We are a giant awakening. We will end this terror of capitalism forever.
—Comrade
Letter: Drug Wars in Mexico: Capitalists Fight Over Wealth Produced by Workers
MEXICO CITY, February 24— The struggle for the wealth produced by workers has been presented as a war on drugs. The Trump administration declared drug cartels as “terrorist” organizations. It is pressuring the Sheinbaum government to arrest and extradite their leaders.
The leader of the Jalisco Cartel was killed, with US intervention. This created an atmosphere of uncertainty regarding possible attacks by his followers. This paralyzed activities in several states.
These cartels have a symbiotic relationship with political and economic power. They are part of the bourgeoisie that reaps high profits and influences. And that determines municipal, state, and federal governments. Banks are also involved, laundering illicit profits into the formal sector.
All of this represents an arrangement among each country’s elite, who ultimately reap the benefits.
The two drug lords captured most recently began their operations in the US. Later they established their base in Mexico. What is being pursued is the money they have accumulated. The “persecution” is a pretext to pressure Sheinbaum’s government to favor US capitalists more. To distance itself from dealings with the Chinese and Europeans, who continue to advance their investments.
The Mexican ruling class has a degree of sovereignty, although US imperialism generally persists in its dominance. However, it cannot prevail in certain sectors of the economy. Europeans dominate the banking sector. Asian and European car manufacturers have a market. Trump would like them to leave, but Ford, GM, and Stellantis cannot cover the entire market. Nor can they lower their prices. So they cannot blame the Mexican government for facilitating the Asian and European operations.
Some analysts say that for the government to yield more to US interests, they would have to reach higher-level officials linked to criminal groups. However, they have not succeeded so far.
The working class suffers the consequences of this conflict: misery and death. It is intimidated in the streets and workplaces. Manipulated by the subsidized income of pensions and scholarships from “social benefits” and by differentiated consumerism across various social strata.
The only solution is for workers to develop class consciousness by joining the International Communist Workers’ Party and mobilizing the masses for communism.
The rulers promote the false idea that there are good guys and bad guys in the dispute. However, it is a fight among themselves for capital. They are thugs in the pursuit of wealth.
Obviously, there is a capitalist/imperialist crisis regarding Mexico’s resources, such as materials and labor. But there is also a great internal struggle among the bosses. Many news outlets, including major networks, reported that drug cartels had taken over the Guadalajara airport. But the president and a general stated that the news was fabricated using AI, orchestrated by TV Azteca. The masses can’t trust any of these capitalists!
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